Amos Chapter 5 verse 2 Holy Bible
The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is cast down upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
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The virgin of Israel has been made low, never again to be lifted up: she is stretched out by herself on her land; there is no one to put her on her feet again.
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The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more arise: she is cast down upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
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The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
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"The virgin of Israel has fallen; She shall rise no more. She is cast down on her land; There is no one to raise her up."
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`Fallen, not again to rise, hath the virgin of Israel, Left on her land -- she hath no raiser up.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - The virgin of Israel; i.e. the virgin Israel; so called, not as having been pure and faithful to God, but as tenderly treated and guarded from enemies (comp. Isaiah 23:12; Isaiah 47:1; Jeremiah 14:17). Is fallen (comp. 2 Samuel 1:19); she shall no more rise. This is apparently a contradiction to the promise of restoration elsewhere expressed, but is to be explained either as referring exclusively to the ten tribes, very few of whom returned from exile, and to the kingdom of Israel which was never reestablished; or, as Pseudo-Rufinus says, "Ita debemus accipere quod lugentis affectu cumulatius aetimavit illata discrimina sicque funditus appellasse deletos, quos ex majore videret parte contritos." Forsaken upon her land; better, she shall be dashed upon her own land; her own soil shall witness her ruin - that soil which was "virgin," unconquered, and her own possession.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) Forsaken.--Or rather dashed to the earth. "Virgin" is a feminine designation of Israel poetically expressive of grace and beauty. Comp. the epithet "daughter of Zion," nations and cities being represented by a feminine personification. She is not annihilated, but obliterated as a nation.
